Durham Amateur Rowing Club had great success at the gruelling Boston Marathon held this year on September 20th. The Marathon route goes over 31 miles, or 50 kilometres, from Lincoln to Boston, initially along a canal and then on to the River Witham, the main problem apart from the distance being the amount of weed[…]
An eyewitness view from Martin Judson… The World Rowing Masters Regatta 2015 was held at the FISA category A standard course of Hazewinkel, Belgium on September 10-13th. Three and a half thousand rowers from around the world aged 27 to 89 gathered for the event. DARC had 31 entries targeting the D to G (50-70[…]
Durham ARC achieved notable successes at the 2015 British Rowing National Junior Championships which took place on the 2km 6-lane course at Strathclyde Park over the weekend of July 18th/19th. The Championships are the climax to the season for under-18 rowers with successful competitors having to qualify through a time trial followed by semi-finals and[…]
There was a win at Henley Masters Regatta on July 11th for Durham ARC scullers Helen McMillan and Gill Prescott in the Women’s Masters D 4x- in a composite crew with Eva Rankin of Loch Lomond and Joy Skipper of Upper Thames. Gill also had success in the Women’s Masters E 4x- with Eva, Ailie[…]
The third round of the Northern Rowing Sunday League attracted a record entry of 20 teams to Hexham at the weekend, including 5 from Lakeland RC, their first venture into the competition. Aided by some expert coxing from John Lyons the DARC crews came away with 7 wins between them, 3 for DARC Demons (Margaret[…]
The final regatta of the Northern season took place on Saturday at Talkin Tarn. The club juniors continued their winning form with a number of new combinations. Hope Cessford won WJ16 singles, and women’s novice doubles went to Laura Phillips and Georgia McMillan. Mixed Elite 4x- went to Jessica Harris, Katy McDaid Richard Matthewson and[…]
Members of DARC’s Men’s Masters quad recently passed the milestone of going over 12 months unbeaten, having won at Durham Regatta in both 2014 and 2015 and at all the events they have entered in between! The squad is: John Watkinson, John Lyons, Julian Ringer, Paul Sowerby, Paul Rutter, Richard Court … plus Tim Morris[…]
Held over the weekend of June 13th/14th Durham Regatta was a high point in the season for the club’s Juniors, winning five events on Saturday and following up with a further three on Sunday. Saturday saw early wins in Long course events for MJ18 double Richard Matthewson and Robbie Lyons and WJ18 quad Jessica Harris,[…]
Durham ARC enjoyed considerable success at the British Rowing Masters Championships, which took place on a 1km 6-lane course at the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham over 2 days on June 13th/14th, the same weekend as Durham Regatta. It rained steadily all day on Saturday making for miserable outdoor conditions. Sunday was much drier but[…]
Following the postponement of 2 of the 3 previously scheduled rounds due to unsuitable weather the Sunday League resumed at Chester-le-Street on June 7th with a good turnout of 15 teams from Tyne, Durham, Tees, Hexham, Talkin Tarn and Chester-le-Street Rowing Clubs. As Chester-le-Street don’t have stable boats it was the turn of DARC, along[…]
Saturday June 6th saw the roadshow off to Hexham for the latest round of the local regatta season for what is one of the largest events in the northern calendar. Falling near the end of term and the week before Durham Regatta Hexham Regatta attracts a large entry from both club and college rowers, with[…]
There were some very creditable performances from the DARC Juniors at last weekend’s National Schools’ Regatta in Nottingham, the best coming from Aiden Rushforth and Hope Cessford in reaching the finals of the J16 and girls J16 single sculls. The Championship 4+, girls Championship 8+, girls Championship 4x- and girls J16 double sculls crews all[…]
The 2015 National Schools’ Regatta takes place at the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham over the weekend of May 22nd to 24th. It is the largest regatta for juniors in Great Britain. Held annually the regatta offers events for Junior rowers between J14 and J18. It was first raced in 1947, and has since grown[…]
Durham ARC entered 15 crews in this year’s Tees Regatta on Saturday May 16th, comparable with the 17 entries at Chester-le-Street on April 18th but well down on the 49 entered for last week’s cancelled day at Durham City Regatta. Tees is the third of the scheduled annual regattas in the Northern region and takes[…]
With 350 entries and 272 races scheduled over 11 hours for the Saturday of this year’s Durham City Regatta there was huge disappointment when the weather once again chose to be unkind and heavy rainfall the previous day led to the cancellation of the entire first day’s programme on safety grounds. The yo-yo nature of[…]
On Saturday April 25th a group of 8 daytime and Masters rowers went to Bradford ARC to take part in the War of the Roses, a scratch regatta involving clubs from across the Northern, North Western and Yorkshire regions – from Hull and Runcorn to Talkin Tarn and Hexham. The event has become a firm[…]
The first multi-lane regatta of the season took place at Strathclyde Park over the weekend of April 25th/26th with the Juniors sending a large contingent. This is a major event which takes place under the banner of Scottish Rowing and attracts entries from all over Scotland and the north of England. Pride of place went[…]
The local regatta season got underway on Saturday April 18th with the first event taking place over a 750 metre course on the River Wear at Chester-le-Street Amateur Rowing Club. This year’s Chester-le-Street Regatta attracted 304 entries from around 20 different rowing clubs with races commencing at 8.30am and continuing at 2-minute intervals throughout the[…]
The Women’s Eights Head of the River Race took place on Saturday 14 March 2015 on the Thames. DARC Masters Performance squad arrived in London, filled with inspiration on the day of Bill Grant’s memorial service, determined to do him proud. Those who had travelled earlier had the boat re-rigged before the rest of the[…]
Six competitors from Durham Amateur Rowing Club, accompanied by Coach Geoff Graham, went to the English Indoor Rowing Championships held at The National Cycling Centre – Manchester Velodrome on Sunday 29th March. Gill Prescott continued her unbeatable record by picking up 2 Gold medals in the women’s 50-59 age category for the 2km and 500m[…]
It was a successful weekend for the DARC crews taking part on the Tideway in the first two Head of the River races of the season. First of all two women’s teams took part in the Women’s Eights Head of the River Race (WEHoRR) on Saturday March 14th, the 75th year that the event has[…]
Durham Amateur Rowing Club’s Masters squads have enjoyed some success in competitions over recent weeks as we approach the main Tideway Heads season in London. The Women’s Masters D quad of Carole McCarthy, Sarah Rutter, Helen Adair and Nicki Trewhitt (pictured), and the Masters D eight of Angela Lund, June Davison, Gabrielle Moore, Clare Woodward,[…]
Two of the most able young scullers from Durham Amateur Rowing Club attended early identification trials for the national rowing squad on February 21st. The two 16 year-olds took part in trials held in a single scull over a 5000 metre head course at Boston, Lincolnshire. Both did very well and have now been called[…]
Durham Amateur Rowing Club had a successful day at the British Rowing Indoor Championships staged at London’s Olympic Velodrome on Sunday February 8th. Over 1300 competitors from around the country took part, including several members of the GB rowing squad. Gill Prescott took the British women’s Masters title in the 55-59 age category with a[…]
Despite weather concerns this year’s Durham Small Boats Head was able to go ahead as scheduled on Saturday February 7th. This is DARC’s major event of the winter season and takes place over the 1800 metre course upstream from Counts House to finish beyond the Bandstand. The Head is eagerly anticipated following the winter break[…]
With the festive season almost over, the schools on holiday and still a month to go before Durham Small Boats Head on February 7th the Chairman came up with the bright idea of ringing in the New Year with a closed Club regatta in the form of a time trial on the long course. A[…]
One of the most successful years in the history of Durham Amateur Rowing Club’s Juniors section culminated earlier this month with the accolade of Junior Team/Club of the Year at the prestigious Northern Echo Local Heroes Awards. Now in its 15th year Local Heroes celebrates, recognises and rewards achievements in grassroots sports in the Northern[…]
Durham Amateur Rowing Club member Roger Stainforth demonstrated recently how rowing is a sport for all ages. Taking part in the Scottish Indoor Rowing Championships in Glasgow on December 6th Roger, who celebrated his 70th birthday in September, emerged with a new British Record in the over-70 age category. Roger’s time of 3 min 23.5[…]
Durham rower Jess Eddie picked up her second gold medal of the British Rowing Championships on Sunday – but not in the way she was expecting. Gusts of up to 40mph at Holme Pierrepont meant the championships had to be cut short, with medals being awarded based on the morning’s time trials. And, despite their[…]
High winds early on Saturday morning seemed to threaten racing taking place but having left Durham early, as the rowers approached Newburn the wind dropped and the conditions were near perfect for racing on the Tyne. There were two events on Saturday, the morning event part of the Autumn Long Distance Sculls hosted this week[…]